1934 Chicago White Sox season

The 1934 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 34th season in the major leagues and its 35th season overall. They finished with a record of 53–99, good enough for eighth and last place in the American League.

Offseason

October 25, 1933: Chad Kimsey and Charlie English were traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Royals for John Pomorski.

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 9, 1934: Red Kress was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Boken.
May 20, 1934: Ed Madjeski was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
June 27, 1934: Marty Hopkins was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Paul Saints.
August 11, 1934: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the White Sox from the Louisville Colonels.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		85	281	62	.221	5	32
1B		127	510	154	.302	27	110
2B		62	226	58	.257	1	31
3B		127	456	122	.268	7	82
SS		118	452	137	.303	2	61
OF		138	558	192	.344	18	104
OF		117	426	127	.298	0	34
OF		106	351	94	.268	2	22

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	81	297	70	.236	3	40
Jocko Conlan	63	225	56	.249	0	16
	67	210	45	.214	2	28
	62	176	28	.159	0	5
	57	165	40	.242	0	16
Joe Chamberlain	43	141	34	.241	2	17
Frenchy Bordagaray	29	87	28	.322	0	2
Muddy Ruel	22	57	12	.211	0	7
	14	56	15	.268	0	5
Milt Bocek	19	38	8	.211	0	3
Mark Mauldin	10	38	10	.263	1	3
Charlie Uhlir	14	27	4	.148	0	3
George Caithamer	5	19	6	.316	0	3
	8	14	4	.286	0	1
Johnny Pasek	4	9	3	.333	0	0
Dutch Fehring	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	33	227.0	14	11	4.52	97
	30	205.1	11	13	4.87	53
	29	194.0	6	19	5.85	48
	27	183.1	8	12	5.11	60
	3	19.1	0	2	3.72	7
Hugo Klaerner	3	17.1	0	2	10.90	9

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Les Tietje	34	176.0	5	14	4.81	81
	35	126.2	4	7	5.61	35
Whit Wyatt	23	67.2	4	11	7.18	36

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	33	1	7	4	7.26	40
	13	0	1	0	4.98	12
Lee Stine	4	0	0	0	8.18	8
	3	0	0	0	5.40	0
Monty Stratton	1	0	0	0	5.40	0